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    [Archive] The Gwent Small Woods Project 1979-84
    Lead Author: J.W.L.I. Zehetmayr
    This five year experiment in woodland management arose out of earlier investigations into the state of small woodlands in Gwent by the County Council, and by the Dartington Amenity Research Trust on behalf of the Countryside Commission. The experiment was carried out under the direction of a steering group drawn from a wide range of […]
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    [Archive] Conifers (3rd edition)
    Lead Author: Alan F. Mitchell
    Alan Mitchell’s fascinating guide to conifers features 40 types: two natives, the rest brought to Britain over the years.
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    Report on Forest Research 1985

     Report on Forest Research for the year ended 31 March 1985
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    [Archive] Mid-diameter sawlog tables
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This Booklet provides information on the mid-diameter method, which is the traditional method for estimating the volume of logs. The first edition of this work was called the Metric volume ready reckoner for round timber.
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    [Archive] Broadleaves
    Lead Author: Herbert L. Edlin
    It’s impossible to imagine the British landscape without its broadleaved trees. Horse chestnut, holly, beech and birch – all have long been admired and valued not only because of their timber-producing capacity but also for their beauty.The broadleaves of Britain form part of that vast natural forest of northern Europe which once stretched from the […]
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    [Archive] Forestry Commission Annual Report and Accounts 1983-1984
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    Published for HMSO for the year ending 31 March 1984.
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    [Archive] Ploughing of forest soils (FC Leaflet 71 – 1984)

     This Leaflet gives practical recommendations for ploughing forest soils in Great Britain.
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    [Archive] Coppice (FC Leaflet 83 – 1984)

     The traditional silvicultural system of coppicing has had a profound influence on much broadleaved woodland and there is a need to consider how these woods can be maintained in the changing circumstances of the late 20th century.
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    [Archive] Silviculture of broadleaved woodland
    Lead Author: J. Evans
    The object of this Bulletin is to assist all who are concerned with the management or cultivation of broadleaves. Much practical silvicultural advice is included, and many recommendations are made with the main emphasis on the silvicultural techniques used to grow good quality timber. But broadleaved woodlands are important for much more than timber production […]
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    [Archive] Technology transfer in forestry
    Lead Author: G.H. Moeller (Ed)
    This Bulletin contains papers presented at the second Subject Group meeting held at Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, 25 July-1 August 1983. The need for efficient transfer of new forestry knowledge is critical throughout all the various IUFRO Subject Groups. Group S6.08 serves as a clearing-house for ideas related to procedures, processes and methods for application […]
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    Report on Forest Research 1984

     Report on Forest Research for the year ended 31 March 1984
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    [Archive] Forestry Commission 63rd Annual Report and Accounts 1982-1983
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    Published by HMSO, for the year ending 31 March 1983.